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he said, "the clinton plan is a one-way ticket to recession. this plan does not reduce the deficit, but it raises it and puts people out of work." now governor-elect john kasich said "this plan will not work. if it was to work, then i'd have to become a democrat." hmmm? congratulations, ohio, on electing a democratic governor. 22.7 million jobs and a giant surplus later, george w. bush waltzes into office and says, hey, we're pea running a surplus. the people deserve a tax cut. now, let's recall what he said about his tax cut. he said, over and over again -- and i quote -- "by far, the vast majority of the help goes to those at the bottom end of the economic ladder." wow, that sounds like the bottom got a vast majority of the tax cuts, doesn't it? they didn't. actually, the bottom 60% of americans got just 14.7% of the bush tax cuts. and the top 1% got 29.5% of the tax cuts, exactly double. let me repeat that. the top 1% got double of what the bottom 60% got. the results of this new policy: massive deficits. only 1 million new jobs over the eig
he said, "the clinton plan is a one-way ticket to recession. this plan does not reduce the deficit, but it raises it and puts people out of work." now governor-elect john kasich said "this plan will not work. if it was to work, then i'd have to become a democrat." hmmm? congratulations, ohio, on electing a democratic governor. 22.7 million jobs and a giant surplus later, george w. bush waltzes into office and says, hey, we're pea running a surplus. the people deserve a tax...
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now, president clinton was the there, i was there. they didn't come to see me, of course. they came to see not president clinton, they came to see jim webb because he was doing the impossible. he had captivated the voters. he was unafraid. he spoke his mind. and, oh, what a smart man. i'm -- i marvel at the intelligence of jim webb, his ability to learn and to express his ideas. as i said, he captivated the voters. that's really why he won the race that he should have been able to win. once he was elected, it was a marvel to watch. he believed he could change the world. he did change several corners of the world. let me give one example. he was a new senator and he came to me, he said, i have an idea. now, jim webb isn't a person who just focuses on an idea and walks away from it. when jim webb came to see me, he had the legislation that he had drafted. wasn't sent to some bill drafter to have them look it over. he drafted the legislation himself. what did he want to do? he wanted to introduce a post-9/11 g.i. bill of rights, because the one for the second world war and ko
now, president clinton was the there, i was there. they didn't come to see me, of course. they came to see not president clinton, they came to see jim webb because he was doing the impossible. he had captivated the voters. he was unafraid. he spoke his mind. and, oh, what a smart man. i'm -- i marvel at the intelligence of jim webb, his ability to learn and to express his ideas. as i said, he captivated the voters. that's really why he won the race that he should have been able to win. once he...
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secretary clinton and secretary geithner, two of the best america has to offer. so we expect great things to happen. we expect great things to happen with the fourth you. ladies and gentlemen, we each have a number of important tasks in the days ahead, and all designed to continue to guide our relationship to an even better place than it has already move. i also would like to recognized by the way secretary gary locke, the president's choice to be our next ambassador to china. gary has served with distinction in the cabinet as well as before that, serving as the governor of the state of washington. and i know that once the senate confirms gary, and i expect that to be quickly, he will do an outstanding job with beijing. [applause] there he is. i'm not going to mention the trade representative sitting next to you, because i told him if he was able to deliver a deal on, with korea i would nominate him for the nobel peace prize. he did, and i have to. [laughter] but any rate, i hate to acknowledge this gentlemen, but i made my first trip to china as a young man meet
secretary clinton and secretary geithner, two of the best america has to offer. so we expect great things to happen. we expect great things to happen with the fourth you. ladies and gentlemen, we each have a number of important tasks in the days ahead, and all designed to continue to guide our relationship to an even better place than it has already move. i also would like to recognized by the way secretary gary locke, the president's choice to be our next ambassador to china. gary has served...
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to my colleagues no longer agree with former presidents clinton and obama? to know they now believe we need to stand the the tide of illegal immigration you talk about how docket kids should not be used as bargaining chips for potential deals what about the innocent american citizens there using as bargaining chips. what about the crimes committed by dangerous criminal aliens. do the lives of these not matter as well? doesn't the safety and happiness of these deserve to be bargained away, this group of senators that i have names i want to participate remain ready and willing to negotiate in good faith and make tough sacrifices on this issue. our counterparts need to be willing to do the same. i'm asking and pleading to let sit down and have an honest conversation. let's strike a deal fair to all with law-abiding american people. but any deal none with border security and doesn't have the other pillars of reform it's simple that's no deal at all and i won't support that. i yield the floor and i call on my senator from north carolina. >> thank you. before the
to my colleagues no longer agree with former presidents clinton and obama? to know they now believe we need to stand the the tide of illegal immigration you talk about how docket kids should not be used as bargaining chips for potential deals what about the innocent american citizens there using as bargaining chips. what about the crimes committed by dangerous criminal aliens. do the lives of these not matter as well? doesn't the safety and happiness of these deserve to be bargained away, this...
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when you look at this idea, people making over $250,000, the fact that just going back to the clinton levels -- the clinton tax levels when our country was incredibly prosperous that that would bring in $700 billion to bring down the debt, that's why the majority of the people in this country -- the vast majority of the people in this country want to see that as one of the options for the long term. for the short term right now we know that our country is still in a fragile state. we know that we can't sock the middle class with a $3,000 tax increase, we know that we have people unemployed through no fault of their own that are still unemployed. that's why we're passing this bill tonight. beyond, that as we go to the next year, we must work together as you see what's going on in a bipartisan way to put a plan in place. because the market will respond to that. it will be good to our economy. we will show we mean business. and we won't turn into one of those countries overseas that is experiencing what they're experiencing now because they didn't make that long-term commitment. thank yo
when you look at this idea, people making over $250,000, the fact that just going back to the clinton levels -- the clinton tax levels when our country was incredibly prosperous that that would bring in $700 billion to bring down the debt, that's why the majority of the people in this country -- the vast majority of the people in this country want to see that as one of the options for the long term. for the short term right now we know that our country is still in a fragile state. we know that...
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i saw former presidents clinton and obama and bush also they would get the vaccine into publicly to show that it is safe and they trust the entire vaccine. and to that as a doctor i would say sign me up as well. >> well on the recovery from the pandemic front, which obviously is going to take some time now before we get there. the national institute of health today announced the first home test to come to the shark tank process. it will be producing about 100,000 of those a day in january. 250,000 a day in february. task can be taken at home. i think over 800 applications of various kinds on testing or made nih to become partners in the shark tank. about two dozen of those have been in production. many were point of service tests that have been happening at campuses and other places. this is a first at home test. so people work to be sure they continue to be safe while others in the house are waiting on the vaccine. that will be importance. in on the vaccine front, not only another good report from a moderna as we go towards hopefully the approval of that later this week, but i was in a
i saw former presidents clinton and obama and bush also they would get the vaccine into publicly to show that it is safe and they trust the entire vaccine. and to that as a doctor i would say sign me up as well. >> well on the recovery from the pandemic front, which obviously is going to take some time now before we get there. the national institute of health today announced the first home test to come to the shark tank process. it will be producing about 100,000 of those a day in...
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in 1993, another major step was taken when, at the urging of president clinton, congress enacted the omnibus budget reconciliation act of that year, 1993. again, that measure both raised taxes and constrained spending. it was denounced by many here in the senate as sure to throw the economy into recession. in fact, just the opposite occurred, and the economy prospered. as a result of these policy changes and the strong economy of the 1990's, we enjoyed a period of balanced budgets and even surpluses. in 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001. unfortunately, those surpluses were not to continue. president george w. bush urged congress to cut taxes and congress was all too willing to oblige. and though i didn't support the 2001 or 2003 tax cuts, they were passed. at about the same time that we were cutting taxes more than we could afford, we were also going to war in afghanistan and in iraq and adding a new drug benefit to medicare. no provision was made to raise revenue or cut spending elsewhere to pay for any of these mammoth undertakings. and of course the cost of health care, both the cost to g
in 1993, another major step was taken when, at the urging of president clinton, congress enacted the omnibus budget reconciliation act of that year, 1993. again, that measure both raised taxes and constrained spending. it was denounced by many here in the senate as sure to throw the economy into recession. in fact, just the opposite occurred, and the economy prospered. as a result of these policy changes and the strong economy of the 1990's, we enjoyed a period of balanced budgets and even...
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and president clinton left office with the largest budget surplus in american history. we know what happened the next eight years where we saw very little economic growth, only about a million bein net jobs bg created in those eight years. and we saw, which hit my state particularly hard, we saw a real deline in manufacturing. from 2000 to 2010, we lost in this country net 5 million manufacturing jobs. and manufacturing jobs -- maybe people that dress like this around here don't think much about that. i know the presiding officer does, because her state is the number-one manufacturing state in the country. it's especially important in my state. we lost hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs and while we lost 5 million manufacturing jobs nationally, tens of thousands -- i believe 60,000 in the number of manufacturing plants closed in those ten years. but the good news is since the auto rescue, we have seen beginning to be significant manufacturing job growth, some 500,000 new manufacturing jobs since 2010, almost every month -- not quite every month but almost every
and president clinton left office with the largest budget surplus in american history. we know what happened the next eight years where we saw very little economic growth, only about a million bein net jobs bg created in those eight years. and we saw, which hit my state particularly hard, we saw a real deline in manufacturing. from 2000 to 2010, we lost in this country net 5 million manufacturing jobs. and manufacturing jobs -- maybe people that dress like this around here don't think much...
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with social security, in the case of president reagan; and welfare reform in the case of president clinton. so it's not a question of whether it's possible, but a question of whether the president has the courage to step up to the challenges that we face. in this case one can't help but wonder if the president who came into office promising change has been changed by the office instead. i hope i'm wrong about all of this, but all the signs point toward inaction on the part of the white house. and, in my view, this would be a tragic failure of leadership. mr. durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: mr. president, i ask consent to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: mr. president, there was an interesting letter to the editor in "the new york times" over the weekend and it was sent by two minnesota state representatives. and i apologize for not having their names immediately at my fingertips but i'm going to include them in the record when we have a chance to insert them here. but a democrat and r
with social security, in the case of president reagan; and welfare reform in the case of president clinton. so it's not a question of whether it's possible, but a question of whether the president has the courage to step up to the challenges that we face. in this case one can't help but wonder if the president who came into office promising change has been changed by the office instead. i hope i'm wrong about all of this, but all the signs point toward inaction on the part of the white house....
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the president is subject to all supreme court precedent such as clinton versus joe united states versus nixon to establish those principles like youngstown in any official capacity marbury versus not. the president has authority under the constitution executive power and the president has established by the framers is not above the law. no one is above the law. >> as a practical matter who investigates the president? titraditionally as i have written about in the georgetown law journal article and elsewhere, when there is an allegation as to whom a conflict of interest there has been traditionally the appointment by the attorney generall and the special counsel that has gone back 100 years ago we have seen that out watergate or at other times they had been appointed for particular l hunters with conflict of interest or perceived as some kind. >> i have had colleagues worried about your review that morrison was wrongly decided. but to t be clear that applies only inr special context no longer relevant here. >> correct the context of the independent counsel statute the state from the old
the president is subject to all supreme court precedent such as clinton versus joe united states versus nixon to establish those principles like youngstown in any official capacity marbury versus not. the president has authority under the constitution executive power and the president has established by the framers is not above the law. no one is above the law. >> as a practical matter who investigates the president? titraditionally as i have written about in the georgetown law journal...
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library will feature first ladies, lady bird johnson, betty ford, rosalynn carter, nancy reagan, hillary clinton, laura bush, michelle obama and melania trump. watch first ladies in their own words, saturdays at 2 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span2, or listen to the series as a podcast on the c-span now free mobile app or wherever you get your podcasts. >> ♪♪ >> all this month, watch the top 21 winning videos from our c-span student cam video documentary competition. every morning before c-span's washington journal, we'll air one of the student cam winner whose documentary told how the federal government impacted their lives and you can watch the winning student cam documentaries anytime on-line at student cam.org. >> we'll particular you live to the u.s. capitol on this thursday morning. today the senate will vote to confirm judge ketanji brown jackson to the u.s. supreme court. a final vote for 1:45 eastern today. judiciary chair dick durbin has asked all senators to be in their seats for that vote. this morning at 10 eastern lawmakers will vote on two bills, the first to suspe
library will feature first ladies, lady bird johnson, betty ford, rosalynn carter, nancy reagan, hillary clinton, laura bush, michelle obama and melania trump. watch first ladies in their own words, saturdays at 2 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span2, or listen to the series as a podcast on the c-span now free mobile app or wherever you get your podcasts. >> ♪♪ >> all this month, watch the top 21 winning videos from our c-span student cam video documentary competition....
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bowles was the former chief of staff to our former president bill clinton, and our former colleague alan simpson. put together a package that whether or not you agreed with it, all of it, certainly you could not disagree that this was something that didn't put us on the path that we needed to go, yet that was rejected out of hand by the -- by the white house and others. we have seen the activities and presentations of the gang of six. 40-plus senators, including me, joined together in a bipartisan way to urge the president to join us in coming forward with a bold, comprehensive plan. that was rejected. the president's budget was laughed out of this chamber. not one person, either democrat or republican, voted for it. we came far short in august of what we needed to do. i wasn't able to support that particular plan. i did avert a debt limit increase crisis. nevertheless, that opportunity which we had with a, involvement of both parties to do something truly significant, that was passed over. and so it then fell to, it fell to the committee of 12, which is called the super committee. and
bowles was the former chief of staff to our former president bill clinton, and our former colleague alan simpson. put together a package that whether or not you agreed with it, all of it, certainly you could not disagree that this was something that didn't put us on the path that we needed to go, yet that was rejected out of hand by the -- by the white house and others. we have seen the activities and presentations of the gang of six. 40-plus senators, including me, joined together in a...
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moreover, if secretary clinton is provided with the ability as president to appoint a new justice to the supreme court, the outcome of this florida case might change. who knows? but it's certainly clear that she has been vigorously critical of the decision and says it is correct essentially. she said this in her statement today. quote -- "today's decision by the supreme court is purely procedural, casts no doubt on the fact that dapa and daca, these amnesty programs are entirely within the president's legal authority. she says it's entirely within the president's authority. well, again, let me remind you what the president did. he not only said to four million adults in the issue before the supreme court that you will not be deported. he declared that you are able to work. he's given them work authorization. when the laws of the united states don't allow people illegally here to take jobs. not only that, he gave them the right to social security and he gave them social security numbers, and they will pay into social security and be able to get social security and medicare and other p
moreover, if secretary clinton is provided with the ability as president to appoint a new justice to the supreme court, the outcome of this florida case might change. who knows? but it's certainly clear that she has been vigorously critical of the decision and says it is correct essentially. she said this in her statement today. quote -- "today's decision by the supreme court is purely procedural, casts no doubt on the fact that dapa and daca, these amnesty programs are entirely within the...
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though, you know, build clinton pointed this out a few weeks ago. this time their agenda is on steroids. they went even bigger tax cuts for the wealthiest americans. they went even deeper cuts to things like education, medicare, research and technology. they want to give banks and insurance companies more power. you know, governor romney says that his 25 years and the private sector gives him a special understanding of how the economy works. now, if that's true, i've got to ask, why is he running around with the same bad ideas that brought our economy to collapse? this last timeout? [applause] i mean, either he thinks they will lead to a different result this time, or he's hoping you won't remember what happened the last time. [laughter] and i'm here to say, we were there. we remember. we are not going back. we are moving forward. [cheers and applause] that's why i am running for president again. now, understand and we don't expect government to solve all our problems. and it shouldn't try. i learned from my mom, no education policy can take the pla
though, you know, build clinton pointed this out a few weeks ago. this time their agenda is on steroids. they went even bigger tax cuts for the wealthiest americans. they went even deeper cuts to things like education, medicare, research and technology. they want to give banks and insurance companies more power. you know, governor romney says that his 25 years and the private sector gives him a special understanding of how the economy works. now, if that's true, i've got to ask, why is he...
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it passed the house unanimously, passed the senate 97-3 and the signed into law by president clinton. now today, today's democratic party has abandoned religious liberty. indeed they called active whichd you will a vocal support that is, out of the house of representatives is a radical piece of legislation that among other things explicitly repeals significant aspects of the religious freedom restoration act to take away i religious liberties. you have been a vocal defender of the quality act. do you agree with the provisions stripping religious liberty protections from americans? >> senator, let me begin by saying that religious liberty is incredibly important to me. i am a person of faith. my family is one of deep and abiding faith. and this countries founding freedom was rooted in religious liberty. oughout my career. when i was at the justice department i launched an interagency effort to protect religious. >> i appreciate that butter time is limited. >> senator, it is only fair to answer spirit mr. chairman, i understand she has things she wants to say but i asked if she supports
it passed the house unanimously, passed the senate 97-3 and the signed into law by president clinton. now today, today's democratic party has abandoned religious liberty. indeed they called active whichd you will a vocal support that is, out of the house of representatives is a radical piece of legislation that among other things explicitly repeals significant aspects of the religious freedom restoration act to take away i religious liberties. you have been a vocal defender of the quality act....
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as president clinton when he left off gave to president george w. bush a surplus. at the end of the george w. bush presidency eight years later, we were knocking on the door of $12 trillion in debt. we had more than doubled the national debt in eight years. how did that happen? some of it from circumstances beyond president bush's control. 9/11 devastated the economy and that devastation cost us dearly in terms of jobs and services and businesses and revenue lost. but conscious decisions were made by the george w. bush administration to enact tax cuts in the midst of a war. that has never happened before in the history of the united states. it is counterintuitive. in addition to your ordinary budget of your country, you have a war budget on top of it. when you desperately need revenue to pay for that war and the ordinary expenses of your government, this administration -- the previous administration under george w. bush said let's give tax cuts to the wealthiest people in the midst of those two wars. and they were voted on by the other side of the aisle, who suppor
as president clinton when he left off gave to president george w. bush a surplus. at the end of the george w. bush presidency eight years later, we were knocking on the door of $12 trillion in debt. we had more than doubled the national debt in eight years. how did that happen? some of it from circumstances beyond president bush's control. 9/11 devastated the economy and that devastation cost us dearly in terms of jobs and services and businesses and revenue lost. but conscious decisions were...
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secretary clinton was my first co-chair. i've always made it bipartisan. it's been quite a while because in the senate, and so back then it was really difficult to get people interested. now i have people clamoring to be the co-chair. now senator warner is the co-chair. senator toomey is a co-chair. senator markey is co-chair. that's the real difference. that matters in terms of our ability to bring bipartisan efforts. >> you mentioned hillary clinton. we are entering a political season at about and what you know is running for president. [laughter] do you think there's a chance to dish i don't know donald trump. i want that on the record. [laughter] [applause] >> but do you think there's a responsible way to elevate something like alzheimer's research into presidential and we seem to be talking about a lot of silly stuff works is there a chance to bring some of these health issues into broader discussion speak with yes. let me give you a great example. jeb bush calls me and asks for my support. i am endorsing jeb bush but i took the opportunity to talk to
secretary clinton was my first co-chair. i've always made it bipartisan. it's been quite a while because in the senate, and so back then it was really difficult to get people interested. now i have people clamoring to be the co-chair. now senator warner is the co-chair. senator toomey is a co-chair. senator markey is co-chair. that's the real difference. that matters in terms of our ability to bring bipartisan efforts. >> you mentioned hillary clinton. we are entering a political season...
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judge sotomayor served the district court by george herbert walker bush she was promoted to bill clinton to a higher level court, the circuit court and now is being nominated for supreme court service. she has more experience on the federal bench than any nominee in 100 years so she's going to be no neophyte, if she's fortunate enough to serve on the court. she's a woman with an extraordinary life story, having grown up in the bronx in public housing. her father died when she was 9 years old. her mother raised her and her younger brother who ended up becoming a doctor incidentally. she was encouraged to apply to princeton, which was a world she knew nothing about as a young latina growing up in the bronx but she applied and was accepted. at the end of the four-year period she graduated second in her class at princeton. i don't believe princeton university is an easy assignment. i think it's a challenging assignment and clearly she was up to it. she went on to graduate from yale law school. she was involved in prosecution. she was involved in working in private law practice. she really ha
judge sotomayor served the district court by george herbert walker bush she was promoted to bill clinton to a higher level court, the circuit court and now is being nominated for supreme court service. she has more experience on the federal bench than any nominee in 100 years so she's going to be no neophyte, if she's fortunate enough to serve on the court. she's a woman with an extraordinary life story, having grown up in the bronx in public housing. her father died when she was 9 years old....
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on new year's day, the lowest income tax rate will jump from 10% back to the clinton-era rate of 15%. that's a pretty big financial bite for people in west virginia and i know in ohio, too, sir. these are people that are struggling right now. instead of an overnight tax hike of 5%, the calm act smooths the transition by phasing in increases over three years. so instead of a 5% increase, the 10% bracket would only go to 1 1.6% the first year. the calm act does the same with the other tax rate tax rates phm in over three years. but the calm act also puts the senate on record in support of comprehensive overhaul of our tax system. we can still work towards a big fix like the simpson-bowles framework and if we can do that next year, we could stop the full increase from ever occurring. another important feature of the calm act is the way it treats sequestration. again, if we go over the cliff and do nothing, nearly every government program will be hit with the same percentage cut, and that includes social services, education, research and infrastructure, all of the things that we need to g
on new year's day, the lowest income tax rate will jump from 10% back to the clinton-era rate of 15%. that's a pretty big financial bite for people in west virginia and i know in ohio, too, sir. these are people that are struggling right now. instead of an overnight tax hike of 5%, the calm act smooths the transition by phasing in increases over three years. so instead of a 5% increase, the 10% bracket would only go to 1 1.6% the first year. the calm act does the same with the other tax rate...
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secretary clinton has said the house c.r. will unacceptably harm u.s. interests in those countries. that's only the beginning. the house c.r. slashes funding for refugees and other victims of disaster by 40%, at the same time that members on the other sieftdz ierl are rightly urging that we help the tens of thousands of libyans who've fled their homes. we say we should be helping these libyans -- these people who have fled their homes. we should help the egyptians who are now refugees in lib yavment i agree with them. everybody agrees with them. but, oh, by the way, we're going to cut almost in half your budget for refugees. you can't have one without the other. the house c.r. provides no funding for the global food security fund. that prevents hunger and famine in africa and asia and improves america's standing. it eliminates funding for the clean technology fund which supports exports of solar, wind, and other renewable energy technology. but you know what it does it because we remove it, we remove a major competitor to china. they're funding -- they are funding these technologies
secretary clinton has said the house c.r. will unacceptably harm u.s. interests in those countries. that's only the beginning. the house c.r. slashes funding for refugees and other victims of disaster by 40%, at the same time that members on the other sieftdz ierl are rightly urging that we help the tens of thousands of libyans who've fled their homes. we say we should be helping these libyans -- these people who have fled their homes. we should help the egyptians who are now refugees in lib...
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bush, zero, under president clinton, eight. under george w. bush, for. under obama, 12. under trump thus far, second-year, 86. this is telling. it means we have to change the way we do business. i wish we didn't have to do this, but i support the change. >> thank you, german. chairman. any other comments? any weddingecall happening on the floor that made a difference, and also the other anyg -- i don't recall tting happening on the floor. we cans up floor time so get to other bills and other things. few votesthe last that were clearly controversial. a circuit judge and administrator for nasa. the nominees were more controversial than the nominees that got 80 and 90 and 98 votes of debateng period where there is no debate going on. did come from our 15th circuit judge last week. it is whatever hours that we use are not available for anything else. is amosul like to get to nomination as reported out of committee that comes to the floor, and whatever debate is necessary to have at the time up until people are worn out, you could have come up that you would have the vote. we
bush, zero, under president clinton, eight. under george w. bush, for. under obama, 12. under trump thus far, second-year, 86. this is telling. it means we have to change the way we do business. i wish we didn't have to do this, but i support the change. >> thank you, german. chairman. any other comments? any weddingecall happening on the floor that made a difference, and also the other anyg -- i don't recall tting happening on the floor. we cans up floor time so get to other bills and...
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t on ie hi job saying -- remembers what bill clinton once sa when he was being inrviewed before h became president. the anyssueoul comin? aiievomis r hed amao n nsnd egn. i thought that is a good standard, durbin. you saw it, too, in your hometown. hold to that standard, and i looked back and remember in timen the house estiofinr asthurou h a atlyatra ct esist heck inan aenncing of00 to 1. years later i was given an opportunity in this committee to try to make that right, and init bto 1o 1. i dnet jon bee heur mpse'sn ce o l rr driut am ive. what happened as result of that bad vote? by black and white congressmen? lost trust in the african-american community. maeoseg ur sa'm g t t i ust g enat maharswar 0 s us ack caine violation. we lost their trust, officer gale. and i can see it when the judges came and talked to us about it. ovac to blsorun unbyng r th be t h acta isatnd o. whr e le o appointed officen our government, weerve. we serve the public. and that accountability has to be part of that service. this is not gog toolvehe e. thit iti ieormpteda bee onedry sof strdin establisd in
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he was one of the first governors if not the first governor to endorse president clinton, and the clintons never forgot. he did not get to switzerland until may 5 of 1944. he was 156 days as an american, american, -- american jewish bomber pilot behind nazi lines in belgium and in france. no greater testament to this man's resourcefulness and drive could be imagined than succeeding for that long in that circumstance. when he came back from the war, he went to harvard law school and became an attorney at the department of justice. he was an assistant to a rhode island attorney general, rhode islander who became attorney general, jay howard mcgrath, and it began a very, very successful career in the law for him. it was also the time when president kennedy came to office representing that greatest generation, then a new generation, and he trusted bruce sundlun to run his inaugural parade, which was a kind of logistics feat that governor sundlun loved. the fact that it snowed like crazy the night before did not phase him a bit. the entire radical went off on schedule and without incident as pl
he was one of the first governors if not the first governor to endorse president clinton, and the clintons never forgot. he did not get to switzerland until may 5 of 1944. he was 156 days as an american, american, -- american jewish bomber pilot behind nazi lines in belgium and in france. no greater testament to this man's resourcefulness and drive could be imagined than succeeding for that long in that circumstance. when he came back from the war, he went to harvard law school and became an...
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i know that back during the clinton years in the debate that senator bob dole proposed something similar. this has been a democratic idea and a republican idea for years. we are calling this an insurance exchange, where basically if somebody right now can't find affordable insurance by going out by themselves in the individual market, they're going to be able to go to a place where companies will bid on the large pool of everybody who doesn't have affordable insurance now. and just like what we do for the federal government, just like our insurance plan, our federal employee insurance plan, which is an insurance exchange, someone will be able to go to a web site or be able to get information and be able to find out about the private insurance companies that want to offer insurance to them through this insurance pool. now, one of the things we're debating is whether or not there should be a public insurance choice for people. i believe there should be. i believe in order to provide competition for the for-profit companies, we should have that. but the exchange is set up basically for smal
i know that back during the clinton years in the debate that senator bob dole proposed something similar. this has been a democratic idea and a republican idea for years. we are calling this an insurance exchange, where basically if somebody right now can't find affordable insurance by going out by themselves in the individual market, they're going to be able to go to a place where companies will bid on the large pool of everybody who doesn't have affordable insurance now. and just like what we...
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that's bill clinton. and secretary clinton said -- quote -- "lots of americans" have insurance too expensive for them to actually use. that was the democratic candidate for president of the united states. the democratic governor of minnesota said that the affordable care act is no longer affordable for increasing numbers of people. so reality is beginning to break through. and despite his obamacare pep rally yesterday, even the law's namesake hasn't been immune to sporadic admissions of the obvious. president obama recently admitted that obamacare has -- quote -- "real problems." end quote. has bemoaned the human impact of his law's -- quote -- "premium increases." and lack of competition and choice, and admitted that seven years after obamacare's passage to -- this is president barack obama of obamacare. too many americans still trying to pay fo are their prescriptions, cover their deductibles or pay their monthly insurance bills struggle to navigate a complex sometimes bewildering system and remain unin
that's bill clinton. and secretary clinton said -- quote -- "lots of americans" have insurance too expensive for them to actually use. that was the democratic candidate for president of the united states. the democratic governor of minnesota said that the affordable care act is no longer affordable for increasing numbers of people. so reality is beginning to break through. and despite his obamacare pep rally yesterday, even the law's namesake hasn't been immune to sporadic admissions...
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have you ever discussed the clinton e-mail with president obama or anyone else at the white house? >> know, so i have not. >> do you anticipate that happening? >> no, sir i do not do not. >> so when joshua speaks about investigation talks about basically to reassure the american people that this is no big deal, do you know where he gets that information from? >> senator, no i do not. i can us or you -- >> can you tell him he should probably stay silent. >> it is my hope that when it comes on going and best we would all stay silent. i can assure you i nor anyone from the department has a brief mr. ernest or anyone at the white house about this matter or other law-enforcement matter. >> he's operating on his own i take it? >> i'm simply not aware of the source of the information. >> thank you very much. have you seen more threats to the homeland, more than today and in the past? to agree there are more threats on our homeland today than there has been in recent memory? >> i think those threats have increased, yes sir. >> sequestration, if we go back to sequestration path next year, w
have you ever discussed the clinton e-mail with president obama or anyone else at the white house? >> know, so i have not. >> do you anticipate that happening? >> no, sir i do not do not. >> so when joshua speaks about investigation talks about basically to reassure the american people that this is no big deal, do you know where he gets that information from? >> senator, no i do not. i can us or you -- >> can you tell him he should probably stay silent....
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disclosure, i believe that trade adjustment assistance is a compromise that was made back under president clinton's administration when certain free trade agreements -- specifically, as i recall, nafta was agreed to -- and the trade adjustment assistance program was set up for individuals that would be adversely affected as a result of the enactment of free trade agreements. now, we wouldn't have enacted the free trade agreements if we didn't believe that the overwhelming effect of free trade agreements would be beneficial to business in the united states and would result in hiring and jobs and a better economy. but i also understand that there may be individuals in specific cases where these free trade agreements hurt the businesses in certain places in the country. now, i must say that i opposed the increase in the trade adjustment assistance, which was part of the deal made in order to ensure passage of the three free trade agreements that were just concluded in this body a short time ago. a free trade agreement with south korea, colombia, and panama. but i do believe that there are some aspects
disclosure, i believe that trade adjustment assistance is a compromise that was made back under president clinton's administration when certain free trade agreements -- specifically, as i recall, nafta was agreed to -- and the trade adjustment assistance program was set up for individuals that would be adversely affected as a result of the enactment of free trade agreements. now, we wouldn't have enacted the free trade agreements if we didn't believe that the overwhelming effect of free trade...
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he was nominated by president bill clinton to be u.s. attorney for minnesota. his nomination was received in the senate on october 7, 1998. he was reported favorably by the judiciary committee the next day, and confirmed by the full senate on october 21, 1998. his entire confirmation process took only 14 days. finally, there was james rosenbaum, nominated by president ronald reagan to be u.s. attorney for minnesota. his nomination was received by the senate october 21, 1981. he was reported favorably out of the judiciary committee that day, and was confirmed by the full senate that day. his entire confirmation process happened in one day. i hope we can get back to this tradition of cooperation and recognition that these law enforcement leaders aren't pawns in a political game. they are needed to help keep our communities safe and they deserve to move through the senate expeditiously. we expect sound judgment from federal law enforcement. our constituents expect sound judgment when it comes to confirming top federal law enforcement officers for a state. and it's
he was nominated by president bill clinton to be u.s. attorney for minnesota. his nomination was received in the senate on october 7, 1998. he was reported favorably by the judiciary committee the next day, and confirmed by the full senate on october 21, 1998. his entire confirmation process took only 14 days. finally, there was james rosenbaum, nominated by president ronald reagan to be u.s. attorney for minnesota. his nomination was received by the senate october 21, 1981. he was reported...
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first mandatory minimums and then the whole willie horton think which was horrific and we went to the clinton crank up which was horrific as well. so incarcerating people alone doesn't get you anywhere. what we need to do, most people who -- i i saw firsthand i stil sit today when i visit on present and work with a lot of formerly incarcerated people. most need a chance. they comfortably desperate situation. it doesn't excuse what they've done but more punishment doesn't work and that's one of the things i talk about. i really encourage in islamic, any policymaker member of congress, state legislature, city council, if the going to make a punitive criminal law, they will try to pass one, they need to go to a prison first and the people and talk to them and see them and they will realize if punishment doesn't do the trick it's got to be rehabilitation and trying to help people heal and redemption. that's not some touchy-feely thing. it's real and it helps and that's what has changed in the states, has led us to this point with the first step act. not about punishment all the time. it's not goi
first mandatory minimums and then the whole willie horton think which was horrific and we went to the clinton crank up which was horrific as well. so incarcerating people alone doesn't get you anywhere. what we need to do, most people who -- i i saw firsthand i stil sit today when i visit on present and work with a lot of formerly incarcerated people. most need a chance. they comfortably desperate situation. it doesn't excuse what they've done but more punishment doesn't work and that's one of...
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president clinton in the early 1990's decided maybe we should have a direct government program so students could borrow directly from the federal government. you you know what happened? banks brought their interest rates down, the banks started to provide better service, the banks just based better. that's exactly what we'll do with this public plan. the reason conservatives here, the reason that people in this body who are major recipients of insurance company money for their campaigns, the people whose philosophies are always business can do it better, the people who have aligned their political careers with the insurance company, they all oppose the public option. you know why? because it's pretty simple. insurance companies will have to cut down their administration costs. maybe they'll have to change some of their marketing practices, maybe they will have to be less wasteful and behave better. that is the point. public option, public student direct loan. public health insurance option competing with the private insurance companies. everybody will get better. that's the point. private
president clinton in the early 1990's decided maybe we should have a direct government program so students could borrow directly from the federal government. you you know what happened? banks brought their interest rates down, the banks started to provide better service, the banks just based better. that's exactly what we'll do with this public plan. the reason conservatives here, the reason that people in this body who are major recipients of insurance company money for their campaigns, the...
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hillary clinton of the trust that president obama had. she will have to prove yourself harder and will be subject to more criticism and i think just because of the our nature to her view of colditz works, she will not be a dealmaker. >> karen, final comments? >> i do agree the supreme court fight is going to be a big, big part of this, and also the internal battles of the republican party. ted cruz his hand, dressed and ready. [laughter] it is really hard to look at next year and see not just on this issue but a number of other issues. one you might throw in is trade. it just looks grim. >> all right. on that very, very -- [laughter] -- hopeful note, let's go to the next, let's go to the younger generation. question. >> thanks very much. national skills coalition. my question really has to do with which aspects of immigration policy captures the public imagination. over the past few years tens of millions of dollars have gone to community colleges to help train american workers, and those grants come from fees paid by immigrants, typicall
hillary clinton of the trust that president obama had. she will have to prove yourself harder and will be subject to more criticism and i think just because of the our nature to her view of colditz works, she will not be a dealmaker. >> karen, final comments? >> i do agree the supreme court fight is going to be a big, big part of this, and also the internal battles of the republican party. ted cruz his hand, dressed and ready. [laughter] it is really hard to look at next year and...
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president clinton did the same thing. the legislation is very, very important, and a commitment to the renewal of the vision of general eisenhower is the essence of this bipartisan bill. it has the endorsement of the one the most conservative members of the senate and one the most liberal members of the senate. i was disappointed that it took as long as it did to get where we are, but we're here. we invoked cloture quite a long time ago, and it's taken more than a month to come within sight of the finish for this bill. i'm pleased that we're on track to dispense with the remaining amendments and vote on final passage during today's business. mr. president, i am hopeful that the house will act immediately to pass this bipartisan compromise rather than pursuing what we've all read about -- the extreme ideological bill they were considering last month. it failed every test but it failed the test of the their own caucus. the republican caucus said, no, we can't do this. the highway bill is important to democratic members and
president clinton did the same thing. the legislation is very, very important, and a commitment to the renewal of the vision of general eisenhower is the essence of this bipartisan bill. it has the endorsement of the one the most conservative members of the senate and one the most liberal members of the senate. i was disappointed that it took as long as it did to get where we are, but we're here. we invoked cloture quite a long time ago, and it's taken more than a month to come within sight of...
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and justice breyer and ginsburg participated actively in clinton v. jones and other matters connected to president clinton's eventually impeachment. in fact, they urged and attempted to get the supreme court even more involved. this is a sideshow, a sideshow, madam president. if judge barrett is confirmed, she will swear an oath. she will have a lifetime appointment. nobody seriously is suggesting she lacks any bit of the integrity which everyone trusted justice ginsburg, justice breyer, sotomayor, kagan and countless others to exercise. in fact, her integrity and independence are precisely what judge barrett's peers across the political spectrum go out of their way to applaud. judge barrett has no obligation to make any of the bizarre -- bizarre -- prejudgments that our democratic colleagues are demanding. like i said, much of the script has been entirely predictable. i'll tell you one thing i didn't predict. i honestly did not expect the democratic leader to come to the senate floor and say that concerns about antireligious discrimination are, quote
and justice breyer and ginsburg participated actively in clinton v. jones and other matters connected to president clinton's eventually impeachment. in fact, they urged and attempted to get the supreme court even more involved. this is a sideshow, a sideshow, madam president. if judge barrett is confirmed, she will swear an oath. she will have a lifetime appointment. nobody seriously is suggesting she lacks any bit of the integrity which everyone trusted justice ginsburg, justice breyer,...
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interestingly, the first the first time he did was against hillary clinton, another democrat. there was a super pack supporting her in the 2000 a primary, doing a lot for her spot in money money and in ads in different states. obama's team did not like this. bob bauer came up with bogus campaign-finance complaints but then he did something no one did before. more often these campaigns will complain against each other the federal election commission. he not only filed a complaint with the ftc, he tried to the justice department on the organization and the irs. he held a public event with the press and he threatened that not only would he get the justice department and irs to go against the organization but against their donors, their officers and he talks about criminal charges. in the space of a couple of weeks the money to this organization dried up and it was such an effective way of scaring people out of politics that he ended up using it against groups to support john mccain in the general election. and then you begin to see groups replicate these tactics. and the beginnin
interestingly, the first the first time he did was against hillary clinton, another democrat. there was a super pack supporting her in the 2000 a primary, doing a lot for her spot in money money and in ads in different states. obama's team did not like this. bob bauer came up with bogus campaign-finance complaints but then he did something no one did before. more often these campaigns will complain against each other the federal election commission. he not only filed a complaint with the ftc,...
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leon panetta lived there until he went into the clinton administration. they were these young turks who are trying to challenge the leadership at the time, first with speaker foley and then speak or write. they really wanted to push the envelope. what happened was 1994, the midterm losses, and you lost the majority here and he will tell you, chuck schumer will tell you that he's been in the minority in the seneca in the majority in the senate and the majority in the house and the minority in the house. only one of those four situations did he hate and i was being in the house minority. that's what he made this interlocinternal calculus of al, i'm going to run statewide. >> host: now minority leader for the u.s. senate. first elected to the senate in 1998. only a couple couple of years later, 2001, 9/11 happens in 2001 and the following march in 2002 senator schumer and the new york delegation urging president george w. bush to sign legislation the passage for rescue money after 9/11. i want to take a look at a marc. >> thank you very much, mr. president.
leon panetta lived there until he went into the clinton administration. they were these young turks who are trying to challenge the leadership at the time, first with speaker foley and then speak or write. they really wanted to push the envelope. what happened was 1994, the midterm losses, and you lost the majority here and he will tell you, chuck schumer will tell you that he's been in the minority in the seneca in the majority in the senate and the majority in the house and the minority in...
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under president clinton, eight. under president george w. bush, four. under president obama, 12. under president trump thus far, second year, 86. this is telling. it means we've got to change the way we do business. i wish we didn't have to do this, but i support the change. thank you, mr. chairman. any other comments? >> i would say on the time to that it takes 85 days now to get on average these individuals to the floor. i don't recall anybody happening on the floor making a difference. also, the other point i would like to make is that this is not designed in any way to limit debate. it is designed to free up floor time so we can get to the appropriations bills and other things. the debate isn't occurring anyway. i just checked the last couple of votes that were clearly controversial. a circuit judge in an administrator for nasa. the nominees were more controversial than the nominees that got 80 and 90 and 98 bos after a long period of debate where there is no debate going on. we did confirm our 15 circuit judge last week 5247. there were 42 minutes of debate from the minority
under president clinton, eight. under president george w. bush, four. under president obama, 12. under president trump thus far, second year, 86. this is telling. it means we've got to change the way we do business. i wish we didn't have to do this, but i support the change. thank you, mr. chairman. any other comments? >> i would say on the time to that it takes 85 days now to get on average these individuals to the floor. i don't recall anybody happening on the floor making a difference....
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clinton or george w. bush or lbj and first they will discover we are just normal people who got caught up in the ambition and drive and circumstance and ended up being president. if these guys can do it, i can do and hear the tools necessary to do it. absolutely you can teach leadership skills. i don't think you can necessarily teach leadership qualities. so this program, i assume the committee is going to screen for people who have shown leadership qualities by the age of 35 or 50 or however old people are going today. i learned a lot from my dad. i am very fortunate to have watched a great man and as a matter of fact this book i'm writing, marketing it now, which i think will be november the 11th. [laughter] it's a love story. this is going to irritate people in washington i suspect, or some because it's a love story. but it's a story about seeing someone you admire and learning from them and maybe this program will do the same thing. i have learned a lot of lessons from being able to watch them through
clinton or george w. bush or lbj and first they will discover we are just normal people who got caught up in the ambition and drive and circumstance and ended up being president. if these guys can do it, i can do and hear the tools necessary to do it. absolutely you can teach leadership skills. i don't think you can necessarily teach leadership qualities. so this program, i assume the committee is going to screen for people who have shown leadership qualities by the age of 35 or 50 or however...
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think that here at home -- we don't need to rely on others, we need to be very blunt in appeals to clinton campaign to a democratic leadership, there needs to be some kind of reformulation coming out, what's the problem we are facing here in the next two years. >> yes. >> an appeal of fairly concrete appeal as to what they should do. i agree with you, absolutely invaluable, having charline and prince harry. all those people can be brought in. i think there's needs to be a europe strategy and gets african leaders speaking, in the absence of them speaking, it's really hard to make the case. >> yes. >> it's really hard to make the case amist the refugee crises. half of the refugees are from african states, are coming under the worst and cruel circumstances and dangerous circumstances, so that's dominating a lot of this. on the american front, jen, you guys have had been carefully tracking opinion in the united states. maybe you can say a few words about how you look out on the american opinion environment, we are in the midst of turbulence. on these issues, where does that sit. >> i think in
think that here at home -- we don't need to rely on others, we need to be very blunt in appeals to clinton campaign to a democratic leadership, there needs to be some kind of reformulation coming out, what's the problem we are facing here in the next two years. >> yes. >> an appeal of fairly concrete appeal as to what they should do. i agree with you, absolutely invaluable, having charline and prince harry. all those people can be brought in. i think there's needs to be a europe...
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when i was the democratic governor i said people ought to be better off working than on welfare, bill clinton said that often. i believe that. the welfare system, people are better off staying home, the same principle we are talking about here. every state has its own insurance fund, nebraska, texas, one in illinois, very different. different benefits are calculated in different states. in delaware i got off the phone with one who used to be on my team it is now secretary of labor. mister secretary, what do we pay people in delaware on unemployment insurance, what is the rate? he says somewhere between 25 percent-50% of what people were earning but he says there is a $400 per month, per week, $400 per week on benefits we will pay anybody regardless what they make, $400 a week. $400 a week for four weeks is like $1,600 a month. add to that the $600 benefit and we are talking $2,200 per month. somebody working full-time -- there you go. if you add the numbers, i am not sure we end up with $24 per hour in delaware. they might be the case but i would have to see those numbers. the number we are l
when i was the democratic governor i said people ought to be better off working than on welfare, bill clinton said that often. i believe that. the welfare system, people are better off staying home, the same principle we are talking about here. every state has its own insurance fund, nebraska, texas, one in illinois, very different. different benefits are calculated in different states. in delaware i got off the phone with one who used to be on my team it is now secretary of labor. mister...
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and clinton campaign. so apparently democrats are willing to look the other way when they pay for or use disinformation against republicans. mr. johnson: so i read that in my opening statement in our business meeting today earlier. as i look at this resolution, the last whereas talks about an investigation that alleges the same discredited claims by derkach. i don't know who derkach is. as i said earlier, senator grassley and i have repeatedly, unequivocally denied we did not slis tat. we did not accept -- solicit. we did not accept any information from mr. derkach whatsoever. yet democrats persist in pushing this false allegation. as a matter of fact, i'm not sure our committee has alleged anything yet. about the only thing i've alleged is the glaring and obvious conflict of interest. here i've got to step up. i've got to get a little history about ukraine. in february of 2014, ukrainians, courageous ukrainians, basically two factions, one that wanted to integrate closer with the west and younger ukrainia
and clinton campaign. so apparently democrats are willing to look the other way when they pay for or use disinformation against republicans. mr. johnson: so i read that in my opening statement in our business meeting today earlier. as i look at this resolution, the last whereas talks about an investigation that alleges the same discredited claims by derkach. i don't know who derkach is. as i said earlier, senator grassley and i have repeatedly, unequivocally denied we did not slis tat. we did...
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president clinton followed suit. president george w. bush was a great immigration president, and we know that president obama was a great leader, especially concerned about our dreamers. so this is the first president in modern time, in the lives of these dreamers, who has been anti-immigration, rejecting the idea that immigration is the lifeblood of our country that constantly -- every newcomer who comes to america with hopes, dreams, aspirations and optimism and courage makes america more american. in that spirit i'm pleased to give to the distinguished democratic leader of the senate, senator from new york, chuck schumer. >> thank you. thank you, leader pelosi. it's not great to be here. we wish we didn't have to be here, but be here we must. and i want to thank the congressional hispanic caucus for organizing this event, and all of my colleagues in the senate who i would like to mention if i can see them all, senator klobuchar, van hollen, berkeley, udall, heinrich, blumenthal, warner -- he's tall. anyone else? modestly stood to the
president clinton followed suit. president george w. bush was a great immigration president, and we know that president obama was a great leader, especially concerned about our dreamers. so this is the first president in modern time, in the lives of these dreamers, who has been anti-immigration, rejecting the idea that immigration is the lifeblood of our country that constantly -- every newcomer who comes to america with hopes, dreams, aspirations and optimism and courage makes america more...
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their own house republican colleagues the same rights that house republicans gave democrats during the clinton inquiry. no, house democrats' resolution just codified their unfair approach. no due process now. maybe some later. but only if we feel like it. that's what it establishes. the american people know that many washington democrats have had their minds made up on impeachment for years. it was clear on election day 2016 and it became undeniable by inauguration day. that's when "the washington post" ran this headline, this headline, mr. president. the campaign to impeach president trump has begun, before he was sworn in. the whole country saw a prominent house democrat state publicly in april of 2017, i'm going to fight every day until he's impeached. that's the chairwoman of one of the committees the speaker has given responsibility for this inquiry promising impeachment three months into his presidency. so it's hardly sure pricing that this partisan journey is not yielding a neutral process. unfortunately it's also crowding out important legislation for the american people. in the house
their own house republican colleagues the same rights that house republicans gave democrats during the clinton inquiry. no, house democrats' resolution just codified their unfair approach. no due process now. maybe some later. but only if we feel like it. that's what it establishes. the american people know that many washington democrats have had their minds made up on impeachment for years. it was clear on election day 2016 and it became undeniable by inauguration day. that's when "the...
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senior aide to the cia director george tenant and the principal of intelligence brief for president clinton. for the last two years, john brennan served as the top counterterrorism official in the white house. "the new york times" said of him of it, meaning the war the counterterrorism war is now obama's war brann ennis his general, general brennan, we are very happy to have you. [laughter] >> def rett mr. brennan will address today, yemen, has been on the wiltz radar screen ever since the tragic u.s. haskell bombing ten years ago. it returned to the front pages after the young men trained christmas day bomber last year, and again in recent months when al qaeda in the arabian peninsula attempted to send explosives to the chicago synagogues. aqap as i greater threat in all likelihood the and the more well-known central al qaeda organization in south asia. at carnegie, christopher has shed new light on the unprecedented problems facing young men today. in addition to the research and al qaeda the government has to contend with the symbol war in the north and increasingly active session mixed
senior aide to the cia director george tenant and the principal of intelligence brief for president clinton. for the last two years, john brennan served as the top counterterrorism official in the white house. "the new york times" said of him of it, meaning the war the counterterrorism war is now obama's war brann ennis his general, general brennan, we are very happy to have you. [laughter] >> def rett mr. brennan will address today, yemen, has been on the wiltz radar screen...
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i worked with president clinton on this, more than 700,000 acres in a remote place of nevada. and it's done -- it's a place where john mayer came as a young man camping there and talk about how beautiful it is in his diary. now everybody can see that. part of that wonderful place is a man most a world-famous artist. the name is heiser, michael heiser, he worked for 40 years building this monument in the middle of nowhere. it is called "the city." it is the most magnificent thing. we don't have roads coming there yet, but we will. tsuley springs. right in the middle, people came to me, we have this place in nevada where we have the oldest and most abundant source of fossils anyplace in america. what? i thought they were -- anyway, make a long story short, that's now a national monument. you can come to las vegas, if you are an archeologist or if you're interested in old fossils, you can come there. and i don't mean old people. you can come there and there's this great study, all these studies going on with this tuley springs national monument. when i came to the congress, we ha
i worked with president clinton on this, more than 700,000 acres in a remote place of nevada. and it's done -- it's a place where john mayer came as a young man camping there and talk about how beautiful it is in his diary. now everybody can see that. part of that wonderful place is a man most a world-famous artist. the name is heiser, michael heiser, he worked for 40 years building this monument in the middle of nowhere. it is called "the city." it is the most magnificent thing. we...
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earlier today, i think you and i heard from former president clinton who made a very important point. he believes -- and i agree with him -- that we can make profound changes in our economy, that over a period of years we can create millions of jobs as we transform our energy system away from fossil fuel to energy efficiency and to sustainable energy. there are small businesses who are in the energy business in this country who are ready to go to create the jobs if they can get reasonable loans, and they can't get that money today. we can transform our energy system, we can give a real spurt to our economy, we can create good-paying jobs, but we have got to demand that wall street start investing in the real economy. another issue that i intend to play an active role on is this issue of too big to fail. i have said it once and i have said it many times. if an institution, a financial institution is too big to fail, it is too big to exist. today we have four major financial institutions, which if any one of them collapsed today, they would bring down the entire economy, and what we hav
earlier today, i think you and i heard from former president clinton who made a very important point. he believes -- and i agree with him -- that we can make profound changes in our economy, that over a period of years we can create millions of jobs as we transform our energy system away from fossil fuel to energy efficiency and to sustainable energy. there are small businesses who are in the energy business in this country who are ready to go to create the jobs if they can get reasonable...
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we're talking about here today, but the eight years i was privileged to be governor of delaware, bill clinton was president, more jobs were created in eight years than in any other time. we did see a lot of job creation and economic growth and i was the beneficiary of that as were other people in my state and around the country. the -- one of the reasons why i believe that there should be immigration reform, it is something we ought to have done, should do, we are not reminded, when i was a stranger in your land, did you welcome me, but also it's good, it makes good business sense. one of the keys to economic growth, whether it's my state or the state of new mexico, where the presiding officer is from, the key is workforce, people who are trained or trainable, able and willing to do the work that needs to be done. we have a little bit of a mismatch right now in our economy with respect to the skills with a lot of folks without jobs who would like to have a job, maybe a better job. there's a mismatch in what employers are looking for and what a lot of workers bring to the workplace. a big part
we're talking about here today, but the eight years i was privileged to be governor of delaware, bill clinton was president, more jobs were created in eight years than in any other time. we did see a lot of job creation and economic growth and i was the beneficiary of that as were other people in my state and around the country. the -- one of the reasons why i believe that there should be immigration reform, it is something we ought to have done, should do, we are not reminded, when i was a...
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first, when president clinton left office and president george w. bush took over, we had a surplus, a surplus that was keeping the social security trust fund flush with money and growing in strength. at that time the national -- net national debt accumulated since george washington, $5 trillion. $5 trillion. when clinton left office and bush took over. fast forward eight years later as george w. bush left office. what was the situation? the national debt had more than doubled to more than $10 trillion. and the projected deficit for the next fiscal year for president obama, his first fiscal year, $1.2 trillion, the highest in history. what happened? we wage twaod wars and didn't -- waged two wars and didn't pay for them, wars in iraq and afghanistan. we added them to the national debt. and president bush for the first time in the history of the united states did something no other president had done. he cut taxes in the midst of a war, which is counterintuitive. you don't have enough money to pay for the ordinary expenses of government. now you've go
first, when president clinton left office and president george w. bush took over, we had a surplus, a surplus that was keeping the social security trust fund flush with money and growing in strength. at that time the national -- net national debt accumulated since george washington, $5 trillion. $5 trillion. when clinton left office and bush took over. fast forward eight years later as george w. bush left office. what was the situation? the national debt had more than doubled to more than $10...
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had you hillary clinton support the war when she was here. she now runs away from this. but you also have hillary clinton who's still involved with wanting us to be back involved with syria, calling for a no-fly zone. before we get involved, shouldn't we have a debate in congress? there's an extraordinary amount of money that is spent. there's an extraordinary amount of lives that are lost. in the iraq war, we spent over a trillion dollars but we lost also nearly 5,000 of our brave young men and women over there. the problem in washington -- and this is i think an interesting point -- many in the media point out and they say the problem is incivility and not getting along. i guess i would argue the opposite, that we get along too much. that really -- that compromise actually comes too easy. and then when you look at whether or not there's enough discussion of whether or not the debt is harming us, there's actually too much agreement on both sides and lack of concern really for the debt. so you have both sides coming together with this bill to basically say that we're goi
had you hillary clinton support the war when she was here. she now runs away from this. but you also have hillary clinton who's still involved with wanting us to be back involved with syria, calling for a no-fly zone. before we get involved, shouldn't we have a debate in congress? there's an extraordinary amount of money that is spent. there's an extraordinary amount of lives that are lost. in the iraq war, we spent over a trillion dollars but we lost also nearly 5,000 of our brave young men...
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all of this was going on the clinton foundation reportedly received millions of dollars from interested parties. they were one of the agencies that give a thumb up. the previous administration to approve the transaction in my letter.pr they will approved the transaction. if they were aware of the criminal probe. this committee has an obligation to get to the bottom of this issue. the committee is also waiting for responses to 11 oversight letters sent to the justice department in which the attorney general has not recused. i expect the letters will be answered and most importantly those from the previous administration. i also want to ask about the firing of the former director in james comey. in for this country. they have to know why he was fired in the middle 70 high profile cases. so thank you. for being heree in for your continued service to the country. thank you very much. mister chairman.g this is the first time you've appeared before this committee. as a former member you know while the oversight authorityl. that we hold as i mentioned at the confirmation hearing. at the indepe
all of this was going on the clinton foundation reportedly received millions of dollars from interested parties. they were one of the agencies that give a thumb up. the previous administration to approve the transaction in my letter.pr they will approved the transaction. if they were aware of the criminal probe. this committee has an obligation to get to the bottom of this issue. the committee is also waiting for responses to 11 oversight letters sent to the justice department in which the...
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at the end of the day this bill passed, this gingrich revolution bill passed, was sent to president clinton who vetoed it. so to suggest this was senator kennedy's life work, it was his attempt to slow down a steaming locomotive that was coming through the senate. it didn't work. and to invoke his name at this point is to at least not tell the whole story behind the amendment. but if you're going to tell the whole story about this amendment, you need to get beyond lawyers and start talking about victims going into courtrooms. for the longest time the argument on the other side of the aisle, on the republican side of the aisle is if you go into a courtroom saying you're the victim of medical malpractice and prove that you are, they want to limit the amount of money a jury can give you for your injury. they used to call it caps. right now if you are a victim of medical malpractice and you are successful in a courtroom, you're likely to recover your medical bills and your lost income and some money for what they call noneconomic damages. those would be scarring, disfigurement, pain and sufferi
at the end of the day this bill passed, this gingrich revolution bill passed, was sent to president clinton who vetoed it. so to suggest this was senator kennedy's life work, it was his attempt to slow down a steaming locomotive that was coming through the senate. it didn't work. and to invoke his name at this point is to at least not tell the whole story behind the amendment. but if you're going to tell the whole story about this amendment, you need to get beyond lawyers and start talking...